Building construction.



J. F. ACHESON. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1914.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Witnesses.

F Nu/Mu JAMES FALLIS ACI-IES ON, OF PROTON STATION, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed May 4, 1914. Serial No. 836,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns FALLIs ActinsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the village of Proton Station, county of Grey, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Building Construction,described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The principal objects of the present invention are, to prevent the roofs of buildings from being displaced or blown off by wind storms and to brace and strengthen the entire structure against the stresses of Wind pressure.

The principal feature of the invention consists in arranging a series of binding members extending through the roof and connected to the; frame structure of the lmilding.

The drawing represents a perspective view of the frame and roof of a building showing my improved construction.

Referring to the drawing, 1 are vertical side posts of the frame supporting the cross beams 2.

3 are the plates and 4t the rafters which are here shown supported by a truss con struction.

5 is the roof covering extending over the rafters. h

6 is the ridge member which is preferably formed of a length of galvanized angle iron and is firmly bolted to the rafters.

7 are brace members preferably formed of heavy steel wire galvanized so that they will not rust. These wires are arranged on each truss throughout the length of the building, the ends being passed through holes drilled in the ridge member 6 or over the edges thereof and through the roof boards the central loop portion 8 thereof extending over the peak of the ridge. The wires 7 extend downwardly in an angular direction crossing each other intermediately between the rafters and the beams 2 and the ends thereof are firmly secured to the said cross beams in any desirable manner, the said wires being here shown connected to eye bolts 9 extending through the angular shaped brackets 10 bolted to the sides of the said beams 2. The wires may thus be drawn taut and will brace the roof from lateral stresses and will also effectively hold the ridge and rafters from displacement.

11 are heavy steel wires having the upper ends preferably inserted through holes bored in the metal ridge member 6 and passing through or alongside of the rafters 4 are secured by the bolts 11. The wires 11 extend downwardly over the surface of the roof passing through the same at a point to the outside of the plates 3 and having the lower ends secured to the eye bolts 12 adjustably secured in the brackets 13 secured to the sides of the posts 1.

14: are wires looped over the wires 11 intermediate of their length and extending downwardly through the roof and having their inner ends secured tothe eye bolts 15 which extend through the cross beams 2. These wires are preferably secured in position prior to placing the shingles or other surface covering for the roof but they may be placed on the outside if desired, the point of entry to the roof being suitably waterproofed. It will be readily apparent that in a building having the roof structure reinforced in the manner described it will be impossible to dislodge the same without the whole structure being torn to pieces. Fun ther, the wire members act as lateral braces to relieve the frame from stresses due to eX- cessive wind pressure. The construction is very simple and adds very little cost to the building.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a building construction, the combination with the roof truss frame, of a plurality of wire brace members bracing said truss frame and extending through the roof covering and over the roof surface.

2. In a building construction, the combination with the roof truss frame, of a plurality of lengths of wire formed with the center loop extending over the ridge member, the ends thereof passing through the roof covering and extending angularly downward and secured to the truss frame and forming braces therefor.

Signed at village of Dundalk Province of Ontario this 6th day of April 1914:.

JAMES FALLIS ACHESON. lVitnesses:

ELVA G. CLARI'DGE, JAMES LAMON.

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